Crank no start

[67Satelliteman]

67 Satellite with a 500 stroker

Two weeks ago I had spark had to change the torque converter because I wanted better stall (and I managed to knock a couple teeth off the ring gear)

Today it won’t crank when I key it, but I get 14v at the coil. It cranks when I jump the starter under the hood.

No ballast resistor, it has the ignition system from 4 seconds flat

Where should I look?

Thanks

 

[davek]

I chased the same problem and it turn out to be a bad battery connection,dirty.

 

[turbine68rt]

Check the connection at the neutral safety switch if you have the single pole version.

 

[diesel_lv]

Starter relay? I've gone through 2 so far in as many yrs. If you have voltage at coil, try jumping relay. If it starts n runs, I put money on relay.

 

[dadsbee]

Title vs story is contradictory. Title says "crank no start". Story says it won't crank.

 

[Geoff 2]

Most likely the neutral safety switch wire/connection was broken when you removed the trans.

 

[59pwrwgn]

Check the transmission linkage. If it's not in park, neutral safety switch would be open and it won't crank.

 

[SlinktRR]

Try to start it with gear selector in neutral

 

[davek]

did we get it started?

67 Satellite with a 500 stroker

Two weeks ago I had spark had to change the torque converter because I wanted better stall (and I managed to knock a couple teeth off the ring gear)

Today it won’t crank when I key it, but I get 14v at the coil. It cranks when I jump the starter under the hood.

No ballast resistor, it has the ignition system from 4 seconds flat

Where should I look?

Thanks

 

[67Satelliteman]

did we get it started?

I’ll let you know when I get to the house today

 

[stushug]

67 Satellite with a 500 stroker

Two weeks ago I had spark had to change the torque converter because I wanted better stall (and I managed to knock a couple teeth off the ring gear)

Today it won’t crank when I key it, but I get 14v at the coil. It cranks when I jump the starter under the hood.

No ballast resistor, it has the ignition system from 4 seconds flat

Where should I look?

Thanks

I have the 4 seconds flat ignition, including a new distributor with custom curve for my car. Awesome setup.

 

[stushug]

Starter relay? I've gone through 2 so far in as many yrs. If you have voltage at coil, try jumping relay. If it starts n runs, I put money on relay.

I concur. I was told it was "definitely" the neutral safety switch. What I did was apply the e-brake, turn the key to START, hold it there and move the shifter from park to 1st and back again a few times. No crank, no start. Installed a new starter relay and haven't had a problem since.

 

[67Satelliteman]

did we get it started?

Yep. Bad connection at the neutral safety switch